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7.2Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
Cast
- Ben Affleck as Doug MacRay
- Jeremy Renner as James "Jem" Coughlin
- Rebecca Hall as Claire Keesey
- Jon Hamm as FBI S.A. Adam Frawley
- Blake Lively as Krista Coughlin
- George Carroll as Albert "Gloansy" Magloan
Themes
- drug dealer
- based on novel or book
- ambulance
- boston, massachusetts
- money laundering
- irish-american
- bank manager
- massachusetts
- florist
- flower shop
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ben Affleck
- Screenplay by
- Peter Craig Ben Affleck Aaron Stockard
- Based on
- Prince of Thieves , by Chuck Hogan
- Produced by
- Graham King Basil Iwanyk
- Starring
- Ben Affleck Rebecca Hall Jon Hamm Jeremy Renner Blake Lively Slaine Titus Welliver Pete Postlethwaite Chris Cooper
- Cinematography
- Robert Elswit
- Edited by
- Dylan Tichenor
- Music by
- Harry Gregson-Williams David Buckley
- Production companies
- Legendary Pictures GK Films Thunder Road Film
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- September 8, 2010 ( 2010-09-08 ) ( Venice ) September 17, 2010 ( 2010-09-17 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 124 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $37 million
- Box office
- $154 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Ben Affleck
- Screenwriter
- Ben Affleck
- Composer
- David Buckley
- Producer
- Graham King
- Cinematographer
- Robert Elswit
- Narrative location
- Boston
- Duration
- 124
- FilmAffinity ID
- 222873
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/town
Show 10 more facts
- publication date
- 2010-10-21
- Commons category
- The Town
- title
- The Town
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- film editor
- Dylan Tichenor
- distributed by
- Netflix
- box office
- 154000000
- capital cost
- 37000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 74/100
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Encyclopedic overview
The Town is a 2010 American neo-noir crime thriller film co-written and directed by Ben Affleck, adapted from Chuck Hogan's 2004 novel Prince of Thieves. The film stars Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper and Slaine.
It features a Boston bank robber who begins to develop romantic feelings for a victim of one of his previous robberies but he hides his identity from her. Meanwhile, he and his crew set out to get one final score by robbing Fenway Park.
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